Cairo , Egypt -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Prosecutors in Egypt have ordered the arrest and extradition of ex-prime minister and presidential runner-up Ahmed Shafik , along with other Mubarak-era officials , according to Egypt 's state-run Middle East News Agency .

The move is tied to an investigation into alleged corrupt real estate dealings involving the illegal sale of state property to the sons of former President Hosni Mubarak .

Shafik , a former air force chief and the last prime minister to serve under Mubarak , lost a June presidential runoff to Mohammed Morsy . He left Egypt for the United Arab Emirates after the vote , but his attorney told CNN at the time that he was not fleeing the country .

And in an interview with Egypt 's state-run Al-Ahram newspaper on Tuesday , Shafik said he expected the charges and would await the results of an investigation .

The judge ordered Shafik held in connection with the sale of 40,000 square meters -LRB- 9.9 acres -RRB- of land in the lakeside city of Ismailia to Mubarak 's sons , Gamal and Alaa . The judge also referred allegations against Gamal Mubarak , two Egyptian generals and a member of the country 's pilot officer 's association to a criminal court for investigation .

The allegations against them include profiteering , facilitating the seizure of public property , forging official documents and deliberately damaging public property , MENA reported . Four of the counts involve Shafik alone .

Legal petitions accusing Shafik of corruption were submitted in April , but prosecutors had taken no action against him when he left for the UAE , his attorney , Showee Elsayed , told CNN at the time .

CNN 's Aroub Abdelhaq and John Defterios contributed to this report .

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NEW : Shafik tells Egyptian newspaper he expected charges

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NEW : The corruption probe includes Mubarak sons , two generals

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Shafik is suspected of involvement in alleged corrupt real estate dealings

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He left Egypt in June for the United Arab Emirates